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hello ashwin sir
- Thread starter skvengali
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Hi
Advantages
Requires minimum floor space
Needs low investment
Quails are comparatively sturdy birds
Can be marketed at an early age ie. five weeks
Early sexual maturity - starts laying eggs in about six to seven weeks of age
High rate of egg laying -280 eggs per year
Quail meat is tastier than chicken and has less fat content. It promotes body and brain development in children.
Nutritionally, the quail eggs are on par with that of chicken eggs. Moreover, they contain less cholesterol.
Quail meat and eggs are a nutritious diet for pregnant and nursing mothers.
1. Deep litter system
6 quails can be reared in a sq.ft. of floor space.
After 2 weeks, Quails can be reared in cages. This will help to gain good body weight, as unnecessary wandering of animals is avoided.
2. Cage system
Feed
Feed material should be made of small particles
A 5 weeks old quail consumes about 500 gms of feed
Quails of 6 month old, consumes about 30-35 gms of feed per day.
Quails require about 400 gms feed for the production of 12 eggs.
Broiler starter mash can be used by adding 5 kg of oil cakes to 75 feed. The particle size is reduced by grinding the feed for one more time.
MAnagement of quail farm
At the age of six weeks, female quails usually weigh 175-200 g and the males weigh about 125-150 g
Female quails start laying eggs at 7 weeks of age and continue utpo 22 weeks of age
Usually egg laying happens during the evening time of the day
The quail egg usually weighs about 9-10 g
The breast of the male quail is usually narrow and covered with equally distributed brown and white feathers. But the female quail has a broad breast covered with brown feathers with black dots.
The female and male quails should be separated at the age of four weeks
Sixteen hours of light per day should be available to the egg laying quails
Regards
Ashwini
Advantages
Requires minimum floor space
Needs low investment
Quails are comparatively sturdy birds
Can be marketed at an early age ie. five weeks
Early sexual maturity - starts laying eggs in about six to seven weeks of age
High rate of egg laying -280 eggs per year
Quail meat is tastier than chicken and has less fat content. It promotes body and brain development in children.
Nutritionally, the quail eggs are on par with that of chicken eggs. Moreover, they contain less cholesterol.
Quail meat and eggs are a nutritious diet for pregnant and nursing mothers.
1. Deep litter system
6 quails can be reared in a sq.ft. of floor space.
After 2 weeks, Quails can be reared in cages. This will help to gain good body weight, as unnecessary wandering of animals is avoided.
2. Cage system
Feed
Feed material should be made of small particles
A 5 weeks old quail consumes about 500 gms of feed
Quails of 6 month old, consumes about 30-35 gms of feed per day.
Quails require about 400 gms feed for the production of 12 eggs.
Broiler starter mash can be used by adding 5 kg of oil cakes to 75 feed. The particle size is reduced by grinding the feed for one more time.
MAnagement of quail farm
At the age of six weeks, female quails usually weigh 175-200 g and the males weigh about 125-150 g
Female quails start laying eggs at 7 weeks of age and continue utpo 22 weeks of age
Usually egg laying happens during the evening time of the day
The quail egg usually weighs about 9-10 g
The breast of the male quail is usually narrow and covered with equally distributed brown and white feathers. But the female quail has a broad breast covered with brown feathers with black dots.
The female and male quails should be separated at the age of four weeks
Sixteen hours of light per day should be available to the egg laying quails
Regards
Ashwini
Hi Ashwin,Hi
Advantages
Requires minimum floor space
Needs low investment
Quails are comparatively sturdy birds
Can be marketed at an early age ie. five weeks
Early sexual maturity - starts laying eggs in about six to seven weeks of age
High rate of egg laying -280 eggs per year
Quail meat is tastier than chicken and has less fat content. It promotes body and brain development in children.
Nutritionally, the quail eggs are on par with that of chicken eggs. Moreover, they contain less cholesterol.
Quail meat and eggs are a nutritious diet for pregnant and nursing mothers.
1. Deep litter system
6 quails can be reared in a sq.ft. of floor space.
After 2 weeks, Quails can be reared in cages. This will help to gain good body weight, as unnecessary wandering of animals is avoided.
2. Cage system
Feed
Feed material should be made of small particles
A 5 weeks old quail consumes about 500 gms of feed
Quails of 6 month old, consumes about 30-35 gms of feed per day.
Quails require about 400 gms feed for the production of 12 eggs.
Broiler starter mash can be used by adding 5 kg of oil cakes to 75 feed. The particle size is reduced by grinding the feed for one more time.
MAnagement of quail farm
At the age of six weeks, female quails usually weigh 175-200 g and the males weigh about 125-150 g
Female quails start laying eggs at 7 weeks of age and continue utpo 22 weeks of age
Usually egg laying happens during the evening time of the day
The quail egg usually weighs about 9-10 g
The breast of the male quail is usually narrow and covered with equally distributed brown and white feathers. But the female quail has a broad breast covered with brown feathers with black dots.
The female and male quails should be separated at the age of four weeks
Sixteen hours of light per day should be available to the egg laying quails
Regards
Ashwini
Would you be able to help me with a contact person who can help me with the cages required for Quail. I plan to have 1000 birds. I guess i would need 5 stands. Hyderabad would be the destiantion.